484 



riaceis subepunctulalis, supra glaberrirais laevibus, nilidulis 

 nervo coslisque lineatis, subtus castaneo-glaucis nitidulis, in 

 nervo coslis -venulisque elevalis reliculato-scrobiculalis hirtis, 

 elon^ato-oblongis, basi parum inaequali obtusis, inarginibus 

 revolutis, apice acute acuminatis, coslis majoribus utrinque 

 5 (3 amenlis lenuibus pedunculatis (pedunculis petiolum pa- 

 rum superanlibus) rectiusculis, folio plus I brevioribus, brac- 

 teis peltalis subinflexis longe ciliatis, stigmatibas 3 abbreviatis 

 obtusis. 



Habitat in Guyana gallica (Leprieur! n. 143 in Herb. De 

 Less.) 



Frutex. Ramuli teretiuscnli , sutcompressi , hirto-tomentosi , sensim 

 ma{jis glabrati. Intcrnodia 6 — ^7 cent, lontja, nodi turnidi. Folia erec- 

 tiuscnla, coriacea, epunclulata, vel ad lentem fortiorem suLtiJissime re- 

 mote punctulata, sapra laevissima nitidiila glabra nervo costisqae tantum 

 lineata, subtas caslanco-glauca , nitidula, in nervo costisque crassis anas- 

 tomosibasque I'reqaentissimis reliculatis tomentoso-hirta, petiolo 1 cent, 

 paullo superante tomentoso-hirto (pilis luseis) antice profunde canaliculato 

 et jnniore stipula utrinqne lata herbacea serius decidua ct cicatricem 

 rugosam relinquente aucto sustenta, lanceolato-elliptica, basi parum in- 

 aequali rotundata, sabaequilatera, marginibiis revoluta, apice anguste et 

 acute acuminata, 25 — 28 cent, longa, 8 — 9 lata; e nervo medio crasso 

 pcrcurrente utrinque ad | alt. coslae fortes adscendentes parallelae (na- 

 merosacque horiz-ontales tenuiores anastomosesve) exoriuntur circiter 6, 

 quaram infimae 2 ad basin approximatae tenuiores, reliquae fortes alte, 

 summa ad apiccm percuiTit; anastomoses transversae rectae horizontales 

 prominentes numerosissimae ramulisque prominulis reticnlatim junctae. 

 Stipula oppositi folia decidua, lanceolata, carinata, cnrvata, fere 2 

 cent, longa, hirlella. Amenta pedanculo hirto-tomentoso 1 cent, longo 

 tcnui sustenta, tenuia, rectiuscula, filifbrmi-teretiuscula, 8 cent, circiter 

 longa versus apicera attenuata acuta, basi IJ mm. crassa. Flores densi 

 spiralitcr dispositi. Bracteae inflcxo-peltatae , verticc subtriangnlares 

 fuscae, marginibus, inprimis inferioribus longe ciliatae, pilis griseo-luteis. 

 Genitalia nondum bene evoluta, adspecta nigra. Stigmata 3 obtusa 

 (sec. sp. cit.) 



124. Artantlie cumaneni^is. Piper H. B. K.! Nov. 

 Gen. Tom. 1 p. 47. PI. aequin. Tom. II p. 40. Kunth Synops. 

 Tom I p. 104. Schilleria ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. 694. 

 Ramulis foliisqne utrinque glabris, his raembranaceis obsolete 

 pellucido-punclatis opacis subtus paliidioribus , brevissime pe- 



